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set down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. write down, set down, get down, put downverb

    put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

  2. land, set downverb

    reach or come to rest

    "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

  3. set downverb

    put or settle into a position

    "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

  4. set down, put down, place downverb

    cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

    "set down your bags here"

  5. disembark, debark, set downverb

    go ashore

    "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

  6. drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, dischargeverb

    leave or unload

    "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

Wiktionary

  1. set downverb

    To write

  2. set downverb

    To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.

ChatGPT

  1. set down

    To set down generally means to put or place something in a particular location, or to establish, prescribe, or specify something like rules or principles. Additionally, it can also refer to writing or recording something.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set down in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of set down in a Sentence

  1. Horace:

    Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.

  2. Christian Yates:

    Traditionally people thought that cells didn't make it to the front of embryos to pigment the belly because they just weren't migrating fast enough, what we've been able to show through our studies is that actually, if anything, cells in piebald animals migrate faster but they're just not proliferating enough. They're not making enough daughter cells to colonize - or cover - the whole region of the skin that needs to be covered by the time the pigmentation pattern is set down.

  3. Johann von Goethe:

    If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

  4. William Friedkin:

    I have always believed in the teachings of Jesus as they are set down in the New Testament. I was raised in the Jewish faith but I have honestly never felt close to God in the synagogue and I have had occasions of great spiritual warmth from priests and others in the Church.

  5. The Guardian:

    He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.


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